Card holder and the like



March 25, 1930. s. oRANsKY 1,751,656

' CARD HOLDER AND THE LIKE Fiied July 2; 1928 Patented Mar. 25, 1930 UNITEDHSTATES SIDNEY ORANSKY, OF DS MOINES, IOWA CARD HOLDER Application filed July 2,

The object of my invention is to provide an improved construction for a device for displaying certain subject matter, such as automobile license cards, tags and labels, which device has novel means for quickly, conveniently and easily attaching it to fabric.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved card holder which is capable of receiving and displaying a card o or the like and which may be readily attached or detached relative to a fabric or a fabric covered surface.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described, which is simple and economical of construction and efficient in use. K

Withthese and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and

illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a face view illustrating one `form of my improved devicewith an auto-` mobile registration certicate therein.` v y v Figure 2 is an edge view partly insection, showing the manner of mounting the device relative to a fabric. n p

Figure 3 is an edge view partly in section, showing thedevice in position for practical use.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section on the line 44 of Figure 1.

mounted Y Figure 5 is a cross section on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.- v V l Figure 6 is a face view of a holder showing a modified construction of some ofthe parts. Figure 7 shows a front elevation partly in section and with parts broken away illustrating still another form in which my device may be embodied.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown my improved holder as used particularly for holding and displaying an automo-y bile registration certificate, but it is obvious that it may be used for displaying other objects, such for instance as price cards, labels,-

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advertising signs and the like, which may be mounted relative to a fabric or a fabriccovered surface.

lt will be understood that a single sheet may be employed for the body of my device with guide sleeves or the like 16, such as are hereinafter more fully explained, at the side edges to receive the fastening members. l mention this for the purpose of'making it clear that I do not desire to limit myself in the present application to an automobile license card holder.

My device can be used fora great variety of purposes and in a great'v'ariety of forms. lnsomuch as it must be illustratedand explained as adapted for some particular purpose, I will first describe it in a form in which it may be used for holding and displaying an automobile license card-and be secured to some part of the fabric on the inside of an automobile.

. In carrying vout my improved invention, l preferably employ a sheet of flexible or material such as leather, leatherette or the like,'the major portion of which constitutes'the rear wall 10 of the device. The front wall 12 of the holder is `oftransparent character and it may be lformed from a sheet of Celluloid or similar llexible orsemi-flexible material. c Y

The material of the rear wall 10 is folded overV at three of its'side margins to produce flanges 14, 16 and 18, which` overlap side vmarginsof the front wall 12 and are secured thereto-by any suitable means, such as lines of .fst-itching 20..

The remainingV or fourth vmargin of lthe fronty wall `12 is not attached to the rear wall 10 and'. this lfree margin of the front wall "preferably is embraced by a binding strip Vf2.2, which may be secured thereto by stitching 24. This binding strip 22 may be of material similar to that of the rear wall and its Y flanges so that the front wall is surrounded vby a border or frame composed of saidV flanges and the binding strip 22, as clearly Y Cil label or certificate, such as 26, which may be inserted or removed through the open side of the pocket. In this instance, the open side is shown at the top of the holder, but it is to be understood that it may be at any desired location on the device.

For removably mounting the holder, I have provided light wires 28 and 30, which are carried by twoopposit-e side margins. of the device and project at both ends therefrom.

According to Figures 1 and 4, I have shown the attaching wires 28 and 30 located wit-hin the lateral folded over portions of the rear wall 10; that is to vsay, between the rear wall and the side flanges 14 and 16 and held by lines of stitching 20, as clearly shown in Figure 4. The attaching wires 28 and 30 preferably are pointed at their ends to facilitate their insertion into a cloth or the like indicated by the numeral 32.-

It will be noted in Figure 1, that I have shown two forms of wires 28 and 30. The wire 28-is a single Wire, having the central loop 34, which projects through a slot formed in the material. There are two of the wires 30 as shown at the other end of the display member and one or both are slida'bly mounted 'and have the projecting loops or handles 36 by which they may be conveniently slid. These loops project through suitable slots 36a in the material. l.

Vhere the form of wire shown at the righthand side of Figure lis employed, the fabric to which the device is to be attached and the device are placed in proper relative positions, and the handle members 36 are used to project the sharp ends of the wires 30 into the fabric for fastening the device to the fabric. This type of wire fastener may be used with or without a flexible display member. I preferably, however, prefer a display memberA which-is flexible and use a single straight wire in each of the guides 1ha formed by folding the material over or otherwise, as more particularly illustrated in Figure 7,

Y In most instances, I find the flexible type of display member or pocket more convenient for handily fastening the device to fabric by the method which will nowbe explained.

The method of mounting the holder is indicated in Figure 2 and isaccomplished by first inserting one of the projecting ends of each of the wires 28 and 30 through the cloth 32 Vand then bending the holder on alongitudinal line to bring theV points of the other projecting ends of the wires to position on the surface of the cloth spaced from the points of insertion of the first mentioned ends a distance corresponding substantially with the width of the holder. Then the last-mentioned ends of the wires are positioned through the cloth and the holder is straightened out so in the holder.

projecting ends of the wires holding it in such position, as shown in Figure 3.

When the object to be held and displayed is a registration certificate, as here shown, the fabric 32 may be a part of the upholstery of the motor vehicle to which the certificate applies, such for instance as on the inner surface of one of the doors or at any other luitable location within the body of the veicle.

It is obvious that this provides a holding device which is inexpensive to make and which is capable of being easily mounted in a suitable location for displaying the certificate as required by law or by police regulations. y

It is obvious that the holder may be made of various sizes and shapes and maybe employed for displaying price tags, labels, or advertisements on fabrics or fabric covered surfaces.

It is sometimes desirable to provide means to prevent the attaching wires such as 28 and 30 from being withdrawn from the `marginal portions of the holder and in Figures l and '2, I have shown said wires formed withprojecting loops or bends 311 and 36 respectively, which projecting portions extend through the slots in the side margins of the holder and veffectively limit end movement of the wires. f

I 'have shown a dierent method for insuring that the attaching wires will be retained According to this constructionone of the attaching wires 38 is mounted in one endv portion of the holder and projects at its upper end. At its lower end the wire 38 is bent laterally and extends along the lower.Y marginlof the holder and is again bent .Y vlaterally Aat the opposite end of the holder and projects from the lower end thereof.

In a similar manner, the attaching wire 40 is mounted in the other end of the holder and projects at its upper endV therefrom, isfbent laterally at its lower. end and extends along the lower side of the holder parallel and close to a portion of the wire 38 and is again bent laterally and projects 'downwardn ly from the opposite end portion of the holder. Y i

Thus, each of the wires crosses over from one end to the other of the holder inf-substantially Z -shape,-whereby endwise'movement of the wires is prevented. l Y Y This method of mounting the wires also serves to fstiifenthe holder somewhat on a longitudinal line at its lower margin.

It is obvious that other methods of mounting attaching` wires in the holder may be employed and in fact, I do not consider it essential vthat Vthe wires vextend entirely through the holder, as shown in both forms in the accompanying drawing.

.I therefore do not wish to be understood In'the construction accordingto Figure 6, Y

as limiting myself to the `precise form and arrangement of the parts of the deviceror of the attaching means, except as defined within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

l. A holder of the character described, comprising a normally flat pocket open at one side and formed with a transparent front wall and provided with retaining means on opposite ends, attaching means comprising wires arranged in said retaining means, each wire having oppositely extendingV sharpened ends projecting beyond said pocket member and adapted to be seated in a fabric to hold the pocket in a plane parallel with and close to the surface of the fabric, said pocket being capable of being bent between its margins to bring the ends of the wires closer together.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a normally flat semi-iiexible member for carrying indicating matter, normally straight, iieXible spaced, substantially parallel wires carried by said member, each having both its ends projecting beyond the member, whereby the member and wires may be bent and the wire ends inserted into fabric so that when the member and wires move toward normal position the holder will be secured to the fabric by the wires.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a normally flat flexible member for carrying indicating matter, normally straight spaced, substantially parallel wires carried by said member, each having both its ends projecting beyond the member, wherebythe member and wires may be bent and the wire ends inserted into fabric so that when the member andwires move toward` normal position the holder will be secured to the fabric by the wires, said member forming a pocket open at one edge between the wires.

Des Moines, Iowa, June 18, 1928.

SIDNEY ORANSKY. 

